On the invitation of the US Council of National Defense, the British government sent a mission to inquire into the means of encouraging closer cooperation between British and American educational institutions. Rice had the ...

Autry House was the first proper gathering place for Rice students. It was named for the late James Lockhart Autry and opened in September 1921. Palmer Memorial Church next door was originally dedicated as a student chapel ...

Former President and current Yale Law Professor William Howard Taft inaugurates the Herbert Godwin Lectureship on Public Affairs on April 21 and 22, 1920. Taft greets 400 faculty, students and Houston leaders at a buffet ...